2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup was the 59th season of the North, Central America, and the Caribbean's premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF, and the first since it was rebranded as the CONCACAF Champions Cup. This was the first season under a new format featuring 27 teams and a five-round knockout phase.
Pachuca won their sixth title, defeating Columbus Crew of MLS in the final 3–0. As winners, they qualified for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, held in December. Pachuca also qualified for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States, alongside the 2021 winners Monterrey, the 2022 winners Seattle Sounders FC, and the 2023 winners León. However, due to Pachuca and León sharing the same ownership, León was later disqualified from the tournament.

Qualification

Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five of them earning direct qualification to the round of 16. The remaining twenty-two teams entered in round one.
In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2023 Leagues Cup, and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup and CONCACAF Central American Cup, respectively.
Unlike in previous years, the three MLS teams based in Canada were eligible to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup through slots allocated to MLS, in addition to the slot for the Canadian Championship winners, while two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically for the first time. The United States-only 2023 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2023 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.
The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2023 and the highest-scored champion from the 2022–23 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.

Distribution

A total of 27 teams qualified for the tournament.

North American Zone: 18 teams
Central American Zone: 6 teams
Caribbean Zone: 3 teams

Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.

The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American and Caribbean
The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada

The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.

The runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup
The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup
The runners-up, remaining semi-finalists, and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
The U.S. Open Cup champion
The Canadian Championship winner
The Canadian Premier League regular season winner and playoff champion
The winner with the lower point total, two runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX
The MLS Supporters' Shield winner
The remaining MLS Conference regular-season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters' Shield table
Teams

The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

Competition	Team	Qualifying method		Previous best
Caribbean Cup	Robinhood	2023 Caribbean Cup champions	14th	Runners-up
Central American Cup	Alajuelense	2023 Central American Cup champions	27th	Champions
Leagues Cup	Inter Miami CF	2023 Leagues Cup champions	1st	Debut
Liga MX	Pachuca	2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with higher aggregate table points	10th	Champions
Major League Soccer	Columbus Crew	MLS Cup 2023 champions	5th	Quarter-finals

Competition	Team	Qualifying method		Previous best
Canadian Championship	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2023 Canadian Championship champions	4th	Semi-finals
Canadian Premier League	Forge FC	2023 Canadian Premier League champions	2nd	Round of 16
Canadian Premier League	Cavalry FC	2023 Canadian Premier League CPL Shield winners	1st	Debut
Caribbean Cup	Cavalier	2023 Caribbean Cup runners-up	1st	Debut
Caribbean Cup	Moca	2023 Caribbean Cup third place	1st	Debut
Central American Cup	Real Estelí	2023 Central American Cup runners-up	12th	Round of 16
Central American Cup	Independiente	2023 Central American Cup semi-finalists	2nd	Quarter-finals
Central American Cup	Herediano	2023 Central American Cup semi-finalists	16th	Semi-finals
Central American Cup	Comunicaciones	2023 Central American Cup play-in winners	28th	Champions
Central American Cup	Saprissa	2023 Central American Cup play-in winners	37th	Champions
Leagues Cup	Nashville SC	2023 Leagues Cup runners-up	1st	Debut
Leagues Cup	Philadelphia Union	2023 Leagues Cup third place	3rd	Semi-finals
Liga MX	UANL	2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with lower aggregate table points	11th	Champions
Liga MX	Toluca	2022–23 Liga MX Apertura runners-up	13th	Champions
Liga MX	Guadalajara	2022–23 Liga MX Clausura runners-up	9th	Champions
Liga MX	Monterrey	Next two best clubs in 2022–23 Liga MX aggregate table	12th	Champions
Liga MX	América	Next two best clubs in 2022–23 Liga MX aggregate table	15th	Champions
Major League Soccer	FC Cincinnati	2023 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners	1st	Debut
Major League Soccer	St. Louis City SC	2023 Major League Soccer Western Conference regular season winners	1st	Debut
Major League Soccer	Orlando City SC	Next two best clubs in the 2023 Supporters' Shield standings	2nd	Round of 16
Major League Soccer	New England Revolution	Next two best clubs in the 2023 Supporters' Shield standings	5th	Quarter-finals
U.S. Open Cup	Houston Dynamo FC	2023 U.S. Open Cup champions	8th	Semi-finals

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 13 December 2023. Teams were seeded based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 11 December 2023. This ranking formula replaced the CONCACAF club index which was used in past editions. Eight teams – the five receiving byes and the top-three ranked teams entering in the first round – were directly assigned positions in the bracket based on their club ranking. The remaining nineteen teams were divided into two pots and then randomly drawn into positions.

Entering in the Round of 16

Entering in Round One

Schedule

The competition was scheduled as follows.
Times are EST or EDT, as listed by CONCACAF.

Bracket

Round one

Summary

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 February and 20, 21, and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 13, 14, and 15 February and 27, 28, and 29 February 2024.

Matches

Philadelphia Union won 6–5 on aggregate.
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4–4 on aggregate. Herediano won on away goals.
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América won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.
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New England Revolution won 4–0 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate. Houston Dynamo FC won on away goals.
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UANL won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Orlando City SC won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Monterrey won 7–1 on aggregate.
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FC Cincinnati won 6–0 on aggregate.
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''Nashville SC won 7–0 on aggregate.''

Round of 16

Summary

The first legs were played on 5, 6, and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 12, 13, and 14 March 2024.

Matches

Pachuca won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Herediano won 3–1 on aggregate.
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América won 5–3 on aggregate.
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New England Revolution won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Columbus Crew won 2–1 on aggregate.
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UANL won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.
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''Inter Miami CF won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The quarter-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.